Looking at Mo Helu's embarrassed appearance, Xiao Rui patted him on the shoulder, "Don't be nervous, come, drink tea first and talk slowly." ”

Drink tea?

Where am I still in the mood for tea?

Mo Helu was sitting on pins and needles at this time, looking at it, he didn't know how to speak, so he could only sit and drink tea seriously.

Xiao Rui asked curiously: "Strange, why didn't you come earlier, but at this time, you came to make peace?" Could it be that you can discuss it with Tubo? ”

Mo Helu shook his head and said, "No, we don't know the Tubo people at all. Zhenguan sent people in the first year, but was disturbed by Jieli, in the past few years I have been busy unifying the tribes, and then developed steadily for two years, so it has been delayed until now. ”

Xiao Rui continued to ask: "Then let me ask you, are you a dignified Western Turkic Khan, do you lack a princess?" Do you have to go all the way to Chang'an City to marry? ”

Ahem......

Mo Helu almost choked on the tea, "Master Hou, this ...... As you know, in a small country like ours, it is a great honor to be able to marry the princess of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Burst......

This time it was Xiao Rui's turn to be surprised, how could he never have imagined that Mo Hedu would say this, you must know that your Western Turks are also a large country with a large number of northern grasslands, so you are so low-key?

"Lao Zhao, is that so?" Xiao Rui kicked the ball to Zhao Deyan.

Zhao Deyan shook his head and said: "I haven't heard of it, when I was under Jieli in the past, the former Sui married the princess to the grassland, in order to seek peace with relatives, to put it bluntly, it is to send my daughter to send treasure to buy peace, otherwise the soldiers and horses of the northern grassland will go south to graze horses." ”

Oh...... I see.

Xiao Rui deliberately pulled a long tone, "Old Mo, you've been making trouble for a long time, you've learned badly." How? The Western Turks have grown stronger in recent years, but their ambitions have swelled? What is not good to learn? Learn Jieli to go south to blackmail us Datang? ”

No, it's not, it's a misunderstanding!

Mo Helu hurriedly stood up, "Master Hou, I have no such intention, I don't mean this at all, I really came here for the friendship between the two countries." ”

Speaking of this, Mo Helu explained with some embarrassment: "Since Jieli was captured alive by you, Datang has been the overlord of the world. We have been worried, for fear that one day Datang will be unhappy, what will we do if we attack the Western Turks again? So, so ...... In the end, I came up with the idea of becoming a relative of Datang, so that I wouldn't have to worry about the relationship breakdown. ”

Xiao Rui......

"Oh yes, not only do we think so, but also Gaochang next to us, no, the front and rear feet, Ju Wentai, the king of Gaochang, sent his son Ju Zhisheng to lead the team, also to ask for marriage."

"Also, now Honglu Temple is not only us, Goguryeo, Tubo, Baekje and other countries have come to the team, it seems that they are all courting."

"Probably the same meaning, all of them are afraid of the Tang Dynasty's use of soldiers."

What??

Xiao Rui's jaw dropped in shock, "So many people who are asking for marriage?" Lao Zhao, have you heard? ”

Zhao Deyan shook his head, "That's not right, it's impossible to come together so coincidentally, there must be someone behind it." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Mo Helu.

Xiao Rui walked out of the door, summoned a person, and asked for a copy of the latest information.

After coming back and reading the information, he also stared at Mo Helu, "Old Mo, tell me, when did you get the idea of making peace with you?" Did anyone give you a proposal or a prune? ”

Mo Helu rubbed his hands nervously, "Master Hou, if there is no one, it is my own ...... that I think so."

Xiao Rui's face fell, "Then don't blame me for not talking about brotherhood, don't shout pain when I beat you." ”

Ahem, don't do it, don't do it...... I think, I think seriously.

After drinking three cups of tea, about half an hour, Mo He patted his head, "I remember." At first, I didn't have any other thoughts, because thinking about the relationship between the two of us, you can't bring troops to fight me. ”

"But one day, when I went out hunting, I came across a caravan from the Western Regions, and when I was chatting, I heard them talk about the allusions of the Central Plains and relatives, and then I decided to marry a princess and go back."

Xiao Rui and Zhao Deyan glanced at each other, and sure enough.

"What time was it? Do you know whose caravan it is? ”

"It was about half a year ago. Whose caravan doesn't know, where do I recognize it? The caravans of the Tang Dynasty went to the Western Regions to do business, and often used the Western Turks, and I gave a strict order not to disturb them, so I never checked them. ”

Half a year ago? That's right, so long as you find out whose caravan it is, you can figure out who is behind the scenes.

"Old Mo, I'm sorry for you."

Mo He patted his chest and said, "Master Hou, but it doesn't hurt to say anything, I will do it with the strength of the Western Turks." ”

Xiao Rui smiled: "It's not a big deal. Send a crony back to find out where the caravan came from as soon as possible, and come back and tell me. I suspect someone is plotting against us behind our backs. ”

"Okay, I'll send someone back to do it." Mo Helu got up and walked out, just walked to the door and stopped, turned around and said embarrassedly: "What about harmony?" ”

Xiao Rui glanced at him, "Do you really want to marry a princess?" It's not that I don't look down on your identity, your identity is enough, but His Majesty the Emperor doesn't have a daughter of the right age to marry you now, they are all little girls who are less than ten years old, and you can do it? Don't want to be embarrassed? ”

"You go and arrange someone to do things first, and then come back and continue to talk, with me here, can I get less benefits for you?"

After Mo Helu left, Xiao Rui's face sank, and he said to Zhao Deyan: "Old Zhao, so many countries have come at once, and all of them want princesses and relatives, this is forcing the palace." Gotta find a way to break them up. ”

Zhao Deyan nodded, pondering slightly, "How can there be so many princesses in the Tang Dynasty?" Why don't you just take one out and give them a fair game? In this way, the tigers will compete for food, and they will definitely make enemies! ”

Xiao Rui scolded with a smile: "It's still that you old boy is poisonous enough." ”

"But it still doesn't work, the princess is not a commodity, not a bargaining chip. Taking the princess out of the trade, this is a slap in the face of our Datang soldiers. I disagree. Xiao Rui said.

Zhao Deyan smiled, "Master Hou, Your Majesty wouldn't think so, Your Majesty would be very willing to do this." ”

"How he views his daughter is his business, and with me, the champion, he will never be allowed to marry his daughter and relatives."

After speaking, he got up and walked to his study, and after a while, he took a long painting scroll over, on which was written a line of words, strong and powerful, dazzling: no harmony, no land, no compensation, no tribute, no courtiers, the Son of Heaven guards the country, and the king dies!

Zhao Deyan was stunned, reached out and touched it, the ink was not dry, obviously it had just been written.

"Good! Good words, good sentences, good backbone! Zhao Deyan applauded repeatedly, "Why don't you ask the emperor to make a payment?" ”

Xiao Rui's eyes lit up, "Haha, good, it's really Lao Chengmouguo!" I'm going to find the old man. ”

Lao Li Yuan took it with trembling hands at first, and said with moist eyes: "Zangfeng, the old man wants to thank you." If Erlang led Datang to straighten his waist, then today's word "you" has straightened the backbone of everyone in the Datang royal family. ”

"Okay, the old man signed with a seal. Let Cheng Qian send it to the Taiji Hall quickly, and tell Erlang that it will be hung in the Taimiao, and all the monarchs of later generations will sign and seal on this letter. ”